About
John Casteen (John T. Casteen IV) grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has also lived in Connecticut, Maine, and Iowa. He lives in Earlysville, Virginia, with his wife, Laurie Casteen, and their children. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Casteen has contributed opinion and analysis pieces on gun policy, environmental policy, and professional ethics to Slate.com, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and other magazines and newspapers. His poems and criticism have appeared in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, Shenandoah, The Paris Review, and other literary journals.
For ten years, Casteen was self-employed as a designer and builder of custom furniture. He is now Visiting Assistant Professor at Sweet Briar College, where he founded and directs the Sweet Briar Undergraduate Creative Writing Conference. He has also taught at The University of Virginia, and since 2005 has served on the editorial staff of The Virginia Quarterly Review.
photo: Michael Bailey Photography
